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311. Johnson 33,2, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 26 and 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,2, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 26 and 29
Title:
J.33,2, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 26 and 29 Eight ‘ragamala’ illustrations. Farrukhabad, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with g ...
Scope & Content:
J.33,2, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 26 and 29 Eight ‘ragamala’ illustrations. Farrukhabad, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; yellow panels above with lines of Hindi verse; trimmed red borders. Note: These eight miniatures have been supplied to make up the other...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
8 items

312. Johnson 33,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,3
Title:
Asavari Ragini
Scope & Content:
Asavari Ragini. A lady, dressed in a peacock-feather skirt sits on an hillock charming a snake and an ascetic plays a snake-charmer’s pipe while snakes twine around the trunks of trees. Identified in Hindi: ‘Asavari Ragini’ and numbered ‘35’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Asavari.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

313. Johnson 33,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,4
Title:
Bhairava Raga
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. A lord seated with a consort puts a hand upon her breast. Four other girls are in attendance with ‘chauris’ and sandal paste, which is being prepared in the. foreground. Identified in Hindi: ‘Bhairavi Raga’ and numbered ‘1’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

314. Johnson 33,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,5
Title:
Vibhasa Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vibhasa Ragini. The ‘nayaka’ portrayed as Krishna aims a lotus-tipped arrow towards the ‘nayika’ who sleeps on a bed and is fanned by a maid. Identified in Hindi: ‘Vibhasa Ragini’ and numbered ‘29’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Bibhas.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

315. Johnson 33,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,6
Title:
Bangali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bangali Ragini. A female ascetic sits on a deer-skin holding pink flowers and a rosary. A tiger is chained in a pavilion before her. Identified in Hindi: ‘Bangali Ragini’ and numbered ‘30’; on reverse: inscription in Persian partly missing.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

316. Johnson 33,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,7
Title:
Desvarati Ragini
Scope & Content:
Desvarati Ragini. The nayika sits on a couch, clasping her hands above her head and twisting her body into a posture of longing. There are two maids in attendance. Identified in Hindi: ‘Desa-vairari Ragini’ and numbered ‘24’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Desh Bairari.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

317. Johnson 33,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,8
Title:
Vilavali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Vilavali Ragini. A lady seated on a bed performs her toilet before a mirror held by a maid. A second maid waves a ‘chauri’ and two cockerels are in the foreground. Identified in Hindi: ‘Vilavali Ragini’ and numbered ‘14’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini...’ (defaced).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

318. Johnson 33,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 33,9
Title:
Pancham Ragini
Scope & Content:
Pancham Ragini. A couple embrace within a chamber while the maid gives coins to two musicians outside. Identified in Hindi: ‘Pancham Ragini’ and numbered ‘32’; on reverse in Persian: ‘Ragini Pancham’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

319. Johnson 34,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 34,1
Title:
Bhairava Raga. Artist(s): Udwat Singh (fl. 1780-1782)
Scope & Content:
Bhairava Raga. Bhairava (Siva) is seated on an elephant-skin on Mount Kailasa, the Ganges issuing from his head. The bull Nandi is tethered in the foreground. By Udwat Singh. Inscribed above in Persian with text from the ‘Tuhfat al-Hind’ (f.46a); beneath: ‘‘amal-i udvat singh musavvir’ (the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

320. Johnson 34,1-35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 34,1-35
Title:
J.34,1-35 Thirty-five coloured drawings from a ‘ragamala’ series (originally comprising thirty-six), arranged according to Hanuman’s system. By Udwat ...
Scope & Content:
J.34,1-35 Thirty-five coloured drawings from a ‘ragamala’ series (originally comprising thirty-six), arranged according to Hanuman’s system. By Udwat Singh and Mohan Singh. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in Persian...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
35 items